PASCAGOULA, Mississippi - Todd McGehee, a former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agent who was investigated for his role in the Narcotics Task Force of Jackson County shooting incident this summer, is now on Sheriff Mike Byrd's payroll.

Jackson County supervisors this morning approved the sheriff's list of new commissions, which included 2 new deputies and 2 additions to the reserves.

McGehee was sworn in as a deputy Nov. 28.

"He's a good officer, and we're glad to have him," Byrd said Monday.

On July 31, McGehee was a MBN agent who was assigned to work on the FBI Safe Streets Task Force when a shooting took place at the Narcotics Task Force of Jackson County's Pascagoula office.

According to personnel reports, then task force commander Sgt. Jackie Trussell shot a round at Agent Chad Powell's feet, and the round dislodged a piece of concrete, injuring the agent's left.

McGehee, according to the reports, obtained a suture kit that other agents used to stitch Powell's wound.

In October, a FBI spokeswoman said McGehee was no longer a member of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force.

Also in October, MBN spokeswoman Delores Lewis said McGehee was back at the agency working as a field agent.

She also noted that MBN launched an internal investigation into his role in the event after McGehee told the agency about it.

Lewis said today that the results of that personnel review are private, but she said he was employed at MBN from October 2001 to Nov. 30, just more than 11 years.

Following the shooting incident, Trussell was removed as commander of the task force and later indicted by a grand jury on the misdemeanor charge of simple assault.

He was also suspended from his job without pay.

Lt. Ken McClenic is now serving as acting commander of the task force.